Jeff,
This bug does not appear when transferring just one value. It appears when
transferring an array of values. I just looked through ca_test.c and didn't
see that sending arrays was implemented. ca_test completes successfully
with and without a value specified.
Geoff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hill [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 5:54 PM
> To: 'Geoff Savage'; epics tech-talk; Mark Rivers
> Subject: RE: My fix to CA on alphas
>
>
>
> Geoff,
>
> My initial message on the proper consistent use of EPICS C type
> "dbr_long_t" with
> type DBR_LONG is still valid. Ehhh, However ...
>
> After a closer inspection of this particular change I now see that you
> are making a valid fix for a 64 bit specific bug which has
> existed at least
> since 3.12.
>
> Perhaps the standard tests have not been run on the alpha architecture
> (and this data type has not been used with a put before on the alpha)?
> Could you verify that "ca_test <channel name>" reproduces this bug before
> the fix is applied?
>
> I have committed your change (and several similar fixes) into CVS at APS.
>
> Sorry about the confusion.
>
> Now if there was only an undo for that mail send button...
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thursday, February 11, 1999 4:27 PM, Jeff Hill
> [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, February 11, 1999 1:36 PM, Geoff Savage
> [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote:
> > >
> > > I moved to the libCom directory and built libCom.a. Then I
> went to the ca
> > > directory and made one minor change.
> > >
> > > <d0ola> diff access.c access.c.orig
> > > 1915c1915
> > > < *(dbr_long_t *)pdest = htonl (*(dbr_long_t *)pvalue);
> > > ---
> > > > *(long *)pdest = htonl (*(dbr_long_t *)pvalue);
> > > <d0ola>
> > >
>
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